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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-02

MIL @ CHC

Home plate: Ryan Blakney

“The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.6% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, MIL
8
ABS Overturns
of 10 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Blakney called the 190 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 176 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nico Hoerner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Joey Ortiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Nico Hoerner — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Miguel Amaya — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8Challenge 9: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).9Challenge 10: William Contreras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).10
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▼6 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Miguel Amaya vs Antonio Senzatela
  2. 2-0.20▲5 · 2-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Joey Ortiz vs Trent Thornton
  3. 3-0.19▼4 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Alex Bregman vs Jacob Misiorowski

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

10 pitches went to the robots · 8 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Miguel Amaya — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Miguel Amaya — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Nico Hoerner — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Joey Ortiz — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Nico Hoerner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  8. 8Miguel Amaya — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  9. 9William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  10. 10William Contreras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 9 of 10 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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